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It's been 18 months since Joao Carvalho joined Nottingham Forest from Benfica for a club-record fee of £13.2million, but it seems as though the Portuguese ace could soon be on his way out of the City Ground.

With the January transfer window just around the corner, the 22-year-old has been linked with moves Greek giants Olympiacos and Turkish side Trabzonspor.

Carvalho has scored two goals in 16 appearances for Forest in all competitions this season and has played an important role in the Reds' promising start to their Championship campaign under Sabri Lamouchi.

The attacking midfielder has found himself in and out of the starting line-up, though, and has only shown glimpses of his best quality.

While that doesn't mean that he should be sold in January, he definitely has a bit of a point to prove to Lamouchi if he wants to remain at the club.

It's fair to say that Carvalho is a player who has divided opinion amongst Forest supporters since he arrived at the City Ground from Portugal last summer.

He's undoubtedly a quality player and when he's at his best, he's one of the most skilful and exciting players in the Championship, but there are times when he goes missing in games and there are those who feel that he's yet to show the consistency to justify his club-record price tag.

It's important to remember that he's still young and sometimes it's easy to forget that this is only his second season in English football.

He's still learning and improving as a player and it's also worth pointing out that he missed majority of pre-season through injury, so he's still playing catch up.

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With that said, though, he still has a point to prove to Lamouchi and if a club were to come in with a significant offer for him in January, Forest would have a big decision to make.

If he wants to remain at the club, Carvalho must try to use this speculation surrounding his future as motivation to improve and convince that his manager and the board that he is a player the club cannot afford to sell.